The FDA has granted Priority Review to the New Drug Application (NDA) of tezacaftor/ivacaftor (Vertex) for the treatment of patients ≥12yrs old with cystic fibrosis (CF) who have two copies of the F508del mutation or one F508del mutation and one residual function mutation.

The FDA has accepted and granted Priority Review to the Biologics License Application (BLA) of emicizumab (Genentech) for the prophylactic treatment of hemophilia A in adults, adolescents and children with factor VIII inhibitors.

The FDA has accepted for review the BLA resubmission for AndexXa (andexanet alfa; Portola) for the reversal of the anticoagulant effects of Factor Xa inhibitors in patients experiencing uncontrolled or life-threatening bleeding.

Ionis announced positive results from the Phase 3 study of inotersen (IONIS-TTRRx) for the treatment of familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP), now referred to as hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with polyneuropathy (hATTR-PN).